[juneau-lug] Re: LUG BB&B June 12

I've got a spare Netgear MA111 a usb device that uses Prism 2.  I have 
not made it work under linux yet though.

Question, WDS = ?, Wireless Distributed Signal?

Myron Davis wrote:

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>Here is one possibility, it might be a little overambitious as I can't do
>it by myself, setup a WDS network.
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>This would require the following from people, bring in a laptop w/ a prism
>2/2.5 or 3.0 chipset load the hostap drivers then bridge the WDS network
>w/ the AP network.
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>WDS allows AP's to talk to each other and allowing AP's to act as bridges
>at the same time.  (Thereby creating a large either routable or bridgeable
>network completely wireless)
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>I think Jake already has hostap on his laptop if I remember right and if
>he is coming that would be a great help.  I got a laptop at state surplus
>for this precise purpose to act as a WDS system, just don't know if I'll
>have it ready by the time of the meeting.
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>I have 2 long-range senaocards which are hostap compatible which I can
>bring in addition to several short range cabletron's (if I can find them!)
>which can be used.
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>IF anybody does not have a prism2/2.5/3 wireless card I can let someone
>borrow a long-range Senao Card to experiment on until the meeting.
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>Just a thought, this may be too ambitious but it is probably doable.
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>-Myron
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